Liam Payne tried to escape from the balcony when he fell to his death

Liam Payne was trying to escape from his hotel when he fell to his death, and the hotel knew he was threatening to use the balcony as a means of escape, but left him alone… according to witnesses, the police report, a 911 call and surveillance video.

Here’s what we know. Liam hated being cooped up in hotel rooms… something he had to deal with during his time in One Direction. He had used the balcony escape plan before, most recently in mid-September, when sources with direct knowledge told TMZ… Liam’s bodyguard feared he might have been on drugs and forced him into a room in a rental house to enter Florida. Liam escaped from a balcony and used a garden hose to reach the ground.

Look at the surveillance screenshots of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires. Liam, who was disruptive in the lobby and clearly under the influence, is spread out as three hotel employees carry him to his room minutes before he fell to his death. Liam is clearly conscious; Even though we blurred his face, he keeps his head up.

And just two minutes before he was carried, Liam stood tall in the lobby.

When the hotel staff took Liam to his room, he struggled with them…he clearly didn’t want to go in.

Nevertheless, the hotel used a master key to enter the room, put Liam inside, and according to the police report obtained by TMZ, they removed a mirror from the wall directly outside his room, presumably so he wouldn’t damage it.

It is understood that Liam told the employees that he did not want to be in the room and would use the balcony as an escape, because one of those employees called minutes later and said they feared he would use the balcony and accidentally hurt himself. According to the 911 transcript, the hotel employee said, “I don’t know if his life is in danger. He’s in a room with a balcony, and, well, we’re a little scared…”

So the hotel staff left Liam alone, in the room… where he fell to his death. It’s clear he tried to escape through the balcony because when his body was found, he had a bag strapped to his shoulder… which he wasn’t wearing when he was carried out of the lobby.

Police also found a hat on or near Liam’s body. The hat is significant…he must have put the hat on in the room because it wasn’t on in the lobby.

It looks like Liam tried to get from the 3rd floor balcony to the 2nd floor balcony and then jump a little way to the ground. This theory is supported by the police report, which states that two days after Liam’s death, a hotel employee went to the 2nd floor room directly below Liam’s and discovered a brown leather bag on the balcony (not the bag attached to his shoulder was tied) with a note. Inside was written ‘for Liam’, along with several pills and a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. According to the report, the bag belonged to Liam. So he supposedly dropped the bag on the 2nd floor balcony before trying to fall down himself.

The coroner says Liam may have been unconscious when he fell, but he was clearly conscious when he strapped the bag to his shoulder in his room and walked out to the balcony.

One source with direct knowledge believes that Argentinian authorities are trying to protect the hotel, and that is why they have done so away after 3 people – a friend, a waiter and a then hotel employee who allegedly supplied to Liam with medications. The source believes that the hotel bears responsibility because it would be more concerned about disruption in the lobby and protecting hotel property than Liam’s safety.